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Saint Basil of Caesarea (c. 329–378/9 CE) was a monk, bishop, preacher, theologian, and social activist who had very down-to-earth views about eating, drinking, fasting, and feasts in honor of local martyrs. In this new collection of sermon translations—most offered here in English for the first time—Basil addresses such issues as drunkenness, hesitations over baptism, community benefits of...

Now since the magi were devoted to the motions of the heavens, they could not ignore it when they beheld something incredible among the heavenly spectacles: a new and unfamiliar star that had risen at the birth of the Lord. 6 No one should draw upon the arguments of astrology to explain the rising of this star. Those who suggest that birth is dependent upon the already existing stars maintain that what happens in each person’s life is caused by a particular configuration of the stars. But no configuration
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